Honey Bee Merino Wool Felted Soap

These cute soaps have a honey bee needle felted on them and are scented in Flowering Clove & Sandalwood or Fruity Fusion.  Each soap is tucked inside a gold tin and is perfect for giving   I use only fine or superfine Falkland's Merino roving- no craft store wool! This wool is very soft and luxurious. Each design is done freehand and needle felted by me and is done in several layers, much like a painting only with wool and a needle! You are purchasing a functional piece of art! My felted soap designs are made using the wet felt then needle felting technique. Each one is unique. What is FELTED SOAP you ask? Felt from wool is considered to be the oldest known textile! Before there were loofahs and washcloths, people used an old fashioned bar of soap sewn into a felted wool covering. The wool was exfoliating and had antibacterial qualities, and the soap created a nice lather without wasting its suds. The wool will shrink down as the soap is used up and once all the soap is gone you ca